ELECTRIC WIRING BOX POSITIONER

• US 3,767,151 A
• Filed: 11/12/1971
• Issued: 10/23/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Glendon E. Seal, Willis R. Arford
• Original Assignee: Glendon E. Seal, Willis R. Arford
• Inventors: Seal, Glendon E., Arford, Willis R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Frazier, Roy D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bonck, Rodney H.
• Application Number:
  US05/198,350
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• Field of Search: 248/205,DIG.6,300,27 220/3.3,3.8,3.9 174/53,58,63
• US Class Current: 248/205.1
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/126 with supporting means for mounting on a single wall stud
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/906 Electrical outlet box support

Abstract

An electric wiring box positioner for use with metal studs attaches to the side of the box remote from a stud or other structural support member to which the box is attached and includes planar surface portions lying parallel with the vertical faces of the stud for abutting engagement with the inner faces of the wall sheets attached to the stud.

Claims

1. A mounting for supporting an electric outlet or junction box within a hollow wall formed by a plurality of vertical studs over which wall sheets are fastened in spaced apart parallel, facing relationship, said box being of the type having a bottom rear wall, sidewalls and an open front face over which a cover plate or plaster ring may be removably secured, said mounting comprising means mounting one sidewall of said box to one of said studs, an elongated bracket connected to another sidewall of said box intermediate the ends of said bracket, said bracket extending in a direction perpendicular to said bottom wall and having flat end surfaces respectively disposed rearwardly and forwardly of the rear and front edges of said sidewalls for abutting the inner faces of said wall sheets for holding said box in a fixed position intermediate said walls.

2. A mounting according to claim 1 wherein said bracket comprises end portions offturned at ninety-degrees to the elongated body portion of said bracket and on which said flat surfaces are provided.

3. A mounting according to claim 2 wherein said bracket includes a hook fitting over the front edge of said other sidewall of said box and over which said cover plate or plaster ring is adapted to be secured to said box.

4. A mounting according to claim 2 wherein said bracket is connected to said other sidewall of said box by means of a weldment fixedly securing said bracket to said other sidewall.